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Originally Posted by Catlady
I'm with you. I actually think that the publisher-set prices were quite reasonable and I was willing to pay those prices. But it bothered me that there could never be a sale, that every retailer had the same price, and that I could never use a coupon.
When there are discounts or coupons, I'm inclined to stock up on books for future reading; when the price is the same, I have no incentive to buy until I'm actually ready to read the book. I bought a lot of Random House books with Kobo coupons before RH went Agency, not one since the move to Agency.
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I'd have to disagree about publisher-set prices being reasonable. I compared the prices I was paying at Fictionwise for sale priced books before the agency pricing, and the current prices for the same books, and if I had to rebuy them now, I'd have to pay several thousand dollars more. I have purchased a lot of ebooks, especially ones I already have in paperback when they are discounted, but when they are priced at new paperback or trade paperback prices, especially when they're backlist books, I just pass them by.